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a kind of cicada (iii)

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
huì
ケイ、エ
つくつくぼうし
Components
虫 insects+ 惠 favor =
蟪 a kind of cicada (iii)
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
insect
惠 Phonetic component
huì favor
favor, benefit, confer kindness
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Notes
Similar Characters
蛊 harm (simp)蜀 short name for Sichuan蟲 insects (trad)烛 taper (simp)融 melt独 alone (jp)触 touch (jp)浊 filthy (simp)繭 cocoon (trad/jp)茧 callus (simp)萤 glow-worm (simp)虮 louse (simp)虰 less common word虱 bug (simp)虹 rainbow虺 large poisonous snake虻 horsefly虼 a flea虽 even (simp)虾 prawn (simp)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
蟪
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蟪 [huì]
(cicada); Platypleura kaempferi
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
蟪蛄 [huì​gū]
Platypleura kaempferi, a kind of cicada
蟪蛄不知春秋 [huì​gū​bù​zhī​chūn​qiū]
lit. short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; fig. to see only a small piece of the big picture